Digital Technologies for Books Reshaping All Production

According to the 2005 Sigma Information report entitled “College Publishing Market Forecast” the growth in course packs has been around 12 percent.

New Technologies Create New Opportunities

A variety of new digital services are available with Web-based products. They include online estimates, ordering, job submission, preflight, proofing, job tracking and template-based design. Template-based design has been increasing in popularity because staff don’t need to recreate designs. It has been used successfully with Microsoft Office Suite applications such as Word and Powerpoint and is often used for with Web page creation.